Core Glossary
Core Glossary — 1 Chronicles
English → Arabic | Destination Language: Arabic
This glossary consolidates every load-bearing term identified in 07_semantic_analysis.md, drawn from every chapter of 1 Chronicles (1–29). Terms already present in the Romans translation_memory.json / bible_term_registry.json are marked [REUSE — BASELINE] and their recorded Arabic rendering is repeated here verbatim, per the hard rule that established renderings must never be altered. New terms proposed for this curriculum are marked [NEW] and flagged for the appropriate review tier before being written into translation memory in a later phase.
Risk tiers follow the baseline’s doctrine_risk_registry.json definitions exactly:
- Critical — mistranslation destroys essential doctrine; human theologian review required for every occurrence.
- High — significant theological confusion/syncretism risk; human theologian review required.
- Medium — reduces clarity but preserves essential meaning; native speaker review recommended.
- Low — minor imprecision; automated review sufficient.
Section A — Reused Baseline Terms (Romans Translation Memory) Appearing in 1 Chronicles
| Term | Original (Heb, unless noted) | Transliteration | Arabic Rendering | Risk | Chapters | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | דָּוִד | Dawid | داود | Medium | 2,3,10-29 (David is the book’s protagonist) | Reuse exactly. 1 Chronicles is the primary OT source of the Davidic-covenant typology the Quranic Dawud narrative lacks; supply that background at every extended narrative unit. |
| Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yisra’el | إسرائيل | High | 1-29 (passim, national identity throughout) | Reuse exactly. Contemporary political sensitivity applies especially in genealogical/tribal-territory chapters (1-9) and covenant-people chapters (16-17, 28-29). |
| Covenant | בְּרִית | berit | العهد | Medium | 11,16,17,28 | Reuse exactly. 1 Chronicles 16 and 17 are key OT texts underlying this term’s whole redemptive-historical arc. |
| Law | תּוֹרָה | Torah | الناموس | Critical | 15,16,22 (“law of the LORD,” “as it is written”) | Reuse exactly per baseline; never الشريعة. |
| Prophet | נָבִיא | navi | نبي | High | 1 (Nathan), 17,21,25,29 | Reuse exactly. |
| Holy | קֹדֶשׁ | qodesh | مقدس | High | 6,13,15,16,23 | Reuse exactly; add fear-of-God dimension per ch.13 (Uzzah) alongside the relational sense already documented in baseline notes. |
| Glory | כָּבוֹד | kavod | المجد | High | 16 | Reuse exactly. |
| Thanksgiving | תּוֹדָה / הוֹדָה | todah / hodah | الشكر | Low | 16,29 | Reuse exactly. |
| Gentiles / nations | עַמִּים / גּוֹיִם | ammim / goyim | الأمم | Medium | 1,16,18 | Reuse exactly. |
| Salvation | יְשׁוּעָה | yeshu’ah | الخلاص | Critical | 16 | Reuse exactly; flag OT historical/national-deliverance nuance vs. NT once-for-all sense (see 07, ch.16). |
| Election / chosen | בָּחַר | bachar | اختيار الله | High | 28,29 | Reuse exactly. |
| Seed of David | זֶרַע דָּוִד (concept) | zera Dawid | نسل داود | High | 17 (v.11, source text) | Reuse exactly; 1 Chronicles 17:11 is this term’s Old Testament fountainhead. |
| Son of God / Father-Son pattern | אָב / בֵּן (typological source of υἱὸς θεοῦ) | av / ben | [cross-reference only — see Section B, “Davidic Father-Son Formula”] | Critical | 17 (v.13) | Do NOT render 17:13 itself as ابن الله / الآب (see Section B); reserve baseline capital-sense titles for direct NT Christological contexts, while teaching the typological trajectory explicitly. |
| Kingdom of God (NT sense, cross-reference only) | (concept) | — | ملكوت الله | Medium | (not itself an OT term in 1 Chronicles; cross-referenced from “throne of the LORD,” 29:23) | Do not substitute for OT مملكة (see Section B); flag the typological connection in teaching notes. |
Section B — New Critical-Risk Terms (Human Theologian Review Required for Every Occurrence)
| Term | Original (Heb) | Transliteration | Literal Meaning | Arabic Rendering | Doctrine | Chapters | Grounded Risk Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House / Dynasty (wordplay) | בַּיִת | bayit | house; household; dynasty; temple | بيت (bayt) | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed; Preparation for the Temple | 17,22 | ”بيت داود” (House of David) is structurally/phonetically parallel to أهل البيت (Ahl al-Bayt), the Prophet Muhammad’s household — a title of major weight in Sunni veneration and central to Shia Imamate doctrine. Readers may map Islamic succession theology onto the Davidic dynastic promise. Requires explicit framing every occurrence. |
| Throne (of David / of the LORD) | כִּסֵּא | kisse | seat of royal/sovereign authority | عرش (ʿarsh) | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed | 17,29 | Al-ʿArsh is Allah’s own transcendent heavenly throne in Islamic cosmology (Q7:54; 20:5), a defining tanzih concept. 1 Chronicles 29:23 explicitly equates the Davidic throne WITH the LORD’s own throne — doctrinally exact to the text, but the single most confrontational term in the book, comparable in weight to the baseline’s الرب (Lord) collision. |
| Davidic Father-Son Formula | אָב…בֵּן | av…ben | father…son (relational formula) | أب / ابن (generic, lowercase — NOT الآب / ابن الله) | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed; (typological root of Sonship of Christ) | 17 (v.13) | This is the direct Hebrew source text Hebrews 1:5 applies to Christ’s eternal Sonship. Using the full baseline Critical titles (الآب/ابن الله) here would wrongly imply Solomon is the eternal divine Son; omitting the connection entirely would miss the passage’s essential typological function. Requires careful dual-register handling. |
| Kingdom of the LORD / God’s Own Kingdom identified with David’s dynasty | מַלְכוּתִי (17:14) / מַלְכוּת יְהוָה (29:23, concept) | malkhuti / malkhut YHWH | ”my kingdom” (God’s own) | مملكتي / مملكة الرب | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed | 17 (v.14),29 (v.23) | A deliberate Chronicler’s textual emphasis (vs. 2 Sam 7:16’s “your kingdom”) identifying David’s dynasty with God’s own kingdom — the direct OT seedbed of the NT’s ملكوت الله doctrine (baseline, Medium) but here carrying full Critical weight because it is stated of a literal human throne. |
| Satan | שָׂטָן | satan | adversary; the personal spiritual enemy | شيطان (shayṭān) | (background to Preparation for the Temple narrative) | 21 | Islamic Shaytan/Iblis is a jinn with a different origin narrative (Q7:11-18) and cosmological status than the biblical fallen-angel Satan. 1 Chronicles 21:1’s rewriting of 2 Samuel 24:1 also raises a subtle compatibilist point (divine sovereignty operating through/over a personal evil agent) that must be taught with precision, not left implicit. |
| Atonement / Kipper | כָּפַר | kipper | to atone, to cover (sin), to propitiate | يكفّر / كفّارة (yukaffir / kaffārah) | Preparation for the Temple | 21 | Islamic kaffārah is a defined, replicable fiqh category of legal/ritual expiation (broken oaths, missed fasts). Biblical atonement is substitutionary and blood-based, ultimately fulfilled once-for-all in Christ (cf. Romans 3:25, already a Critical escalation trigger in the baseline). Conflating the two risks reducing Christ’s atonement to a repeatable legal transaction. |
Section C — New High-Risk Terms (Human Theologian Review Required)
| Term | Original (Heb) | Transliteration | Literal Meaning | Arabic Rendering | Doctrine | Chapters | Grounded Risk Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steadfast Love (chesed) | חֶסֶד | chesed | covenant loyalty; faithful, loyal love | الرحمة الأمينة (al-raḥmah al-amīnah) | God’s Faithfulness across Generations; Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed | 17 (v.13) | Van Dyck OT precedent uses plain رحمة; but baseline already documents that unqualified رحمة functions in Islamic theology as favor responsive to obedience. The qualifier “الأمينة” (faithful/steadfast) is proposed to preserve chesed’s unbreakable covenant-loyalty sense. Recommend theologian review before translation-memory adoption. |
| Redemption (padah/ga’al) | פָּדָה / גָּאַל | padah / ga’al | to redeem, ransom, buy back | الفداء (al-fidā’) | God’s Faithfulness across Generations | 17 (v.21) | Islamic fidyah/fidā’ is a legal ransom-payment concept (e.g., compensatory payment for a missed fast). Biblical redemption is God’s own sovereign, gracious deliverance, ultimately typified in Christ’s substitutionary death — not a transactional payment scheme. |
| Seed/Offspring (zera, source of “seed of David”) | זֶרַע | zera | seed, offspring, descendant | نسل (nasl) | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed | 17 (v.11) | Direct OT root of the baseline High-risk term نسل داود; must be taught as pointing beyond Solomon toward Christ, not exhausted by the immediate historical referent. |
| Kingdom (mamlakah/malkhut, dynastic-political sense) | מַמְלָכָה / מַלְכוּת | mamlakah / malkhut | kingdom; kingship; reign; realm | مملكة / مملكة | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed | 10,11,17 | Distinct from baseline’s ملكوت الله (reserved for the NT’s fuller redemptive-historical sense); flag the typological bridge these chapters build toward that doctrine, especially given 17:14 and 29:23 (see Section B). |
| Anointed Ones (meshichai) | מְשִׁיחָי | meshichai | my anointed ones (plural) | ممسوحو الرب (mamsūḥū al-Rabb) | (root-connection to Messianic Promise) | 16 (v.22) | Shares the root of מָשִׁיחַ/Messiah (baseline المسيح, Critical) but here used of a broad group (the patriarchs), not the singular royal-messianic referent — semantic-range distinction must be taught before the term narrows in later Scripture. |
| Anoint (verb, mashach) | מָשַׁח | mashach | to anoint (pour oil, consecrate) | مسح (masaḥa) | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed; (root of Messianic Promise) | 11 | Root of Messiah/Christ (باseline المسيح, Critical); David’s anointing is a historical enactment of the pattern, not itself its fulfillment — must be taught with that distinction explicit. |
| Justice and Righteousness (mishpat + tsedaqah) | מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה | mishpat utsedaqah | justice and righteousness (governmental hendiadys) | العدل والبر (al-ʿadl wa-l-birr) | Worship and the Levitical Order (kingship ethics) | 18 | Reuses baseline’s Critical البر in a non-forensic, governmental-ethical sense; must be distinguished explicitly from Pauline imputed righteousness to avoid confusing students moving between Romans and 1 Chronicles material. |
| Pattern given by the Spirit (tavnit) | תַּבְנִית | tavnit | pattern, architectural model | مخطط / نموذج (mukhaṭṭaṭ / namūdhaj) | Preparation for the Temple; (root connection to Inspiration of Scripture) | 28 | An OT anticipation of Spirit-given revelation determining sacred design; must not overclaim an explicit Trinitarian الروح القدس reference, while still noting genuine continuity with that later doctrine. |
| Word of God / Word of the LORD (revelation formula) | דְּבַר אֱלֹהִים / דְּבַר־יְהוָה | devar Elohim / devar YHWH | the word of God/the LORD (revelatory speech-event) | كلمة الله / كلمة الرب | Inspiration of Scripture; Fulfillment of Prophecy | 11,17 | ”Kalimat Allah” is also a Quranic title for ‘Isa (Q3:45); here it functions as a standard prophetic-revelation formula, not a Christological title — distinction must be made explicit when taught alongside NT Christology. |
| As it is written (kakatuv) | כַּכָּתוּב | kakatuv | as it is written (citation-of-Scripture formula) | كما هو مكتوب | Inspiration of Scripture | 15 | Directly useful teaching bridge for the baseline inspiration_of_scripture doctrine — a king submitting his own plans to prior written revelation. |
| Angel of the LORD (malak YHWH) | מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה | malak YHWH | angel/messenger of the LORD | ملاك الرب (malāk al-Rabb) | Preparation for the Temple | 21 | Islamic mala’ika angelology is well-developed but lacks an exact category for this recurring, quasi-theophanic OT figure; teach carefully, noting (without dogmatically asserting) the long-standing Christian Christophany reading. |
| Birthright (bekorah) | בְּכֹרָה | bekhorah | right of the firstborn | حق البكورية (ḥaqq al-bukūriyyah) | Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People | 5 | Islamic inheritance law (farāʾiḍ) has its own fixed inheritance-share system; must be taught as covenant/typological privilege (cf. Christ as the true “firstborn,” Colossians 1:15), not a civil-law statement. |
| Blessing (barakh/berakhah) | בָּרַךְ / בְּרָכָה | barakh / berakhah | to bless / blessing | بارك / بركة (bāraka / barakah) | God’s Faithfulness across Generations | 4 | Islamic folk piety treats barakah as a semi-material, transferable spiritual potency (from relics, shrines, recitation); biblical blessing is God’s personal, relational favor granted through prayer, not a transferable substance. |
| Conditional Individual Covenant Warning (“if you forsake him”) | (concept, 28:9) | ki taʿazvenu | if you forsake/abandon him | (render descriptively) | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed | 28 | Creates deliberate theological tension with the unconditional dynastic promise of ch.17 — the dynastic LINE is unconditionally secured, but each individual heir’s personal relationship with God remains conditioned on faithfulness. Doctrinal nuance, not primarily a vocabulary risk. |
| Royal Doxology Vocabulary (gedulah, gevurah, tiferet, netsach, hod) | הַגְּדֻלָּה, הַגְּבוּרָה, הַתִּפְאֶרֶת, הַנֵּצַח, הַהוֹד | gedulah, gevurah, tiferet, netsach, hod | greatness, might, splendor, victory, majesty | العظمة، الجبروت، البهاء، الغلبة، الجلال | God’s Faithfulness across Generations | 29 | ”الجلال” overlaps directly with a core Islamic divine-attribute name (Dhū al-Jalāli wa-l-Ikrām); shared reverence for God’s majesty is a genuine bridge, but the doxology’s climax (“yours is the kingdom”) must be tied back to the Critical “throne of the LORD” collision (29:23). |
Section D — New Medium-Risk Terms (Native Speaker Review Recommended)
| Term | Original (Heb) | Transliteration | Arabic Rendering | Doctrine | Chapters | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genealogy / lineage record | תּוֹלְדוֹת / יַחַשׂ | toledot / yachas | نسب / سلسلة الأنساب | Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People | 1-9 (passim) | Culturally weighty term in Arab tribal identity and Islamic isnad methodology; teach as serving covenant continuity, not tribal honor. |
| Idiomatic “father of [place]“ | אֲבִי | avi | أب (idiomatic) | Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People | 2 | Flag idiom explicitly to avoid literal misreading. |
| Tribe | שֵׁבֶט | shevet | سِبْط | Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People | 2 | Positive shared vocabulary (Quran 2:136, asbāṭ). |
| Levites | לְוִיִּם | Leviyyim | اللاويون | Worship and the Levitical Order | 6,9,15,23,26 | No exact Islamic-clerical parallel (no hereditary priesthood); needs positive explanation. |
| Priests | כֹּהֲנִים | kohanim | الكهنة | Worship and the Levitical Order | 6,15,24 | Note pre-Islamic register overlap with pagan Arabian soothsayer (kāhin); long-established Christian Arabic usage avoids confusion but a footnote is worthwhile. |
| Cities of Refuge | עָרֵי מִקְלָט | arei miklat | مدن الملجأ | Worship and the Levitical Order | 6 | Low-Medium; anticipates gospel refuge-in-Christ theme. |
| Unfaithfulness (ma’al) | מָעַל | ma’al | خيانة | Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People; God’s Faithfulness across Generations | 5,10 | Covenant betrayal, not generic legal crime. |
| Seek the LORD (darash) | דָּרַשׁ | darash | طلب | God’s Faithfulness across Generations | 10 (introduced), recurs throughout | Track for translation consistency across the whole book (~30 occurrences). |
| Shepherd (leadership metaphor) | רָעָה | ra’ah | يرعى | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed | 17 (v.6) | Positive bridge (hadith shepherd-imagery) but must be taught toward its fulfillment in Christ the Good Shepherd. |
| Prince (nagid) | נָגִיד | nagid | أمير | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed | 17 (v.7),29 | Strong contemporary political-title resonance (Gulf emirates); clarify as a divinely-appointed shepherd-ruler, not an autonomous political office. |
| LORD of Hosts | יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת | YHWH Tseva’ot | رب الجنود | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed | 17 (v.7) | Compound with baseline الرب (Critical); ensure “hosts/armies” isn’t misread as a polytheistic council. |
| Name (of the LORD, general) | שֵׁם | shem | اسم عظيم | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed | 17 (v.8),22 | Positive resonance with the 99 Names tradition; retain OT reputation/legacy sense. |
| Ark of the Covenant | אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית | aron habberit | تابوت العهد | Preparation for the Temple | 13,15,16,17 | Partial positive bridge with Quran 2:248’s tābūt; theology differs substantially. |
| Tent / Tabernacle | אֹהֶל / מִשְׁכָּן | ohel / mishkan | خيمة / مسكن | Preparation for the Temple | 17 (vv.5),15 | Distinguish from بيت (fixed house/dynasty). |
| ”God is with you” presence formula | עִמְּךָ הָאֱלֹהִים | ʿimmekha ha’Elohim | الله معك | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed | 17 (v.2) | Keep personal-presence sense, not generic blessing. |
| Vision (chazon/chizzayon) | חִזָּיוֹן | chizzayon | رؤيا | Inspiration of Scripture | 17 (v.15) | Distinguish from Islamic ru’yā ṣāliḥa / waḥy revelatory modes. |
| Establish/prepare (kun root) | כּוּן | kun | أُثَبِّت / أُعِدّ | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed; Preparation for the Temple | 17,22,28,29 | Structural motif verb; maintain consistent rendering across the book. |
| Forever (olam) | עוֹלָם | olam | إلى الأبد | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed | 17 (v.12),14 | Show typological/eschatological fulfillment in Christ, not exhausted by the historical monarchy. |
| Blood (disqualifying David) | דָּם | dam | دم | Preparation for the Temple | 22 | Contributes to Prince-of-Peace typology. |
| Rest (menuchah) | מְנוּחָה | menuchah | راحة | Preparation for the Temple | 22 | Contrast David (war) / Solomon (rest). |
| Wisdom and understanding | חָכְמָה וּבִינָה | chokhmah uvinah | حكمة وفهم | Preparation for the Temple | 22 | Positive bridge with Islamic hikmah. |
| Whole heart (lev shalem) | לֵב שָׁלֵם | lev shalem | قلب كامل | Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed | 28 | Reintroduces conditional-relational dimension alongside unconditional dynastic promise. |
| Assembly (qahal) | קָהָל | qahal | جماعة إسرائيل / المحفل | Worship and the Levitical Order | 28 | Do not use باseline الكنيسة; distinguish from contemporary political jamāʿah usage. |
| One heart (unity) | לֵב אֶחָד | lev echad | قلب واحد | Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People | 12 | National covenant unity, distinct from NT الكنيسة. |
| Holy anger / wrath | אַף / חָרָה | aph / charah | غضب الرب | Worship and the Levitical Order | 13 | Fear-of-God dimension of holiness. |
| Minister/serve (sharat) | שָׁרַת | sharat | يخدم | Worship and the Levitical Order | 15 | Ordered liturgical service. |
| Shame/humiliation (bosh) | בּוּשׁ | bosh | عار / إهانة | (honor-shame cultural dynamics) | 19 | Deep resonance with Arab honor culture; native-speaker review recommended. |
| Prophesy with music (naba, musical) | נבא | naba (hitpael) | يتنبأ (musical sense) | Worship and the Levitical Order | 25 | Unusual, easily mistranslated as mere musical skill. |
| Freewill offering (nedavah) | נְדָבָה / הִתְנַדֵּב | nedavah / hitnadev | تقدمة اختيارية / تبرع | Preparation for the Temple | 29 | Positive bridge with ṣadaqah; surface the grace-not-merit point explicitly. |
| Sojourners and settlers | גֵּרִים וְתוֹשָׁבִים | gerim vetoshavim | غرباء ونزلاء | God’s Faithfulness across Generations | 29 | Royal humility corrective against triumphalist readings. |
Section E — New Low-Risk Terms (Automated Review Sufficient)
| Term | Original (Heb) | Transliteration | Arabic Rendering | Chapters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heart (generic) | לֵב | lev | قلب | 17 (v.2) |
| Place | מָקוֹם | maqom | مكان | 17 (v.9) |
| Plant (permanence metaphor) | נָטַע | nata | أغرس | 17 (v.9) |
| Thus says the LORD (formula) | כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה | koh amar YHWH | هكذا يقول الرب | 17 (v.4) |
| Judges (era) | שֹׁפְטִים | shoftim | القضاة | 17 (v.6) |
| Mighty men of valor | גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל | gibborei chayil | جبابرة البأس | 7,11,12 |
| Gatekeepers | שֹׁעֲרִים | sho’arim | البوابون | 9,26 |
| Baal-Perazim (place name / common-noun caution) | בַּעַל פְּרָצִים | Baal-Peratsim | بعل فراصيم (transliterated) | 14 |
| Tribute / gift / grain offering | מִנְחָה | minchah | جزية / تقدمة (context-dependent) | 18 |
| Crown | עֲטֶרֶת | atarah | تاج | 20 |
| Altar | מִזְבֵּחַ | mizbeach | مذبح | 21,22 |
| Be strong and courageous (commissioning formula) | חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ | chazaq ve’ematz | تشدد وتشجع | 22 |
| Divisions/courses | מַחְלְקוֹת | machlekot | فرق الخدمة | 23,24 |
| Treasuries of the house of God | אֹצְרוֹת בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים | otserot beit ha’Elohim | خزائن بيت الله | 26 |
| Commanders/officials | שָׂרִים | sarim | رؤساء / قادة | 27 |
Risk Summary for 1 Chronicles Curriculum
| Tier | Count (new terms) | Review Routing |
|---|---|---|
| Critical | 6 | Human theologian (every occurrence) |
| High | 15 | Human theologian |
| Medium | 30 | Native speaker |
| Low | 15 | Automated |
Plus 12 reused baseline terms carried over unchanged from the Romans translation_memory.json/bible_term_registry.json (Section A), each retaining its original baseline risk tier and review routing.
This glossary must be loaded alongside translation_memory.json and bible_term_registry.json before any Phase 2 translation of 1 Chronicles content. New terms marked [NEW] require formal addition to translation memory (with version increment) before use in production segments, per the Glossary Enforcement Priority Order in 12_ai_translation_requirements.md.
Critical Risk Terms
Law
Approved rendering: الناموس
Transliteration: al-nāmūs
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Rejected alternatives: الشريعة, الشرع
Original: תּוֹרָה
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Never الشريعة. Reused at chs. 15, 16, 22 where David consults/charges keeping ‘the Law of the LORD’ - never render in a way that sounds like an appeal to Islamic jurisprudence specifically.
Salvation
Approved rendering: الخلاص
Transliteration: al-khalāṣ
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: النجاة, الفوز بالجنة
Original: יְשׁוּעָה
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Chronicles 16:23’s usage is historical/national deliverance (yeshu’ah), an early stage of the same root the NT’s comprehensive sōtēria fulfills - flag this OT nuance explicitly so it is not equated outright with the NT’s once-for-all atonement sense without the distinction taught.
Lord
Approved rendering: الرب
Transliteration: al-Rabb
Doctrine: Lordship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: السيد, المولى
Original: יְהוָה
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Chronicles this title is repeatedly compounded with royal/military vocabulary (رب الجنود, عرش الرب) that intensifies the baseline collision with al-Rabb as a defining Quranic title of Allah. Never soften.
God
Approved rendering: الله
Transliteration: Allāh
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Original: אֱלֹהִים
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. The risk is entirely in content: Islamic tawhid’s strictly unitarian conception must be actively distinguished from the God who personally ‘builds a house,’ ‘is a father,’ and shares his own throne with a human king (17:10-14; 29:23).
Holy Spirit
Approved rendering: الروح القدس
Transliteration: al-Rūḥ al-Qudus
Doctrine: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package, used here only as a boundary marker. 1 Chronicles 28:11-19’s ‘by the Spirit’ (tavnit received by David) is a genuine but lesser OT anticipation - do not render or teach it as an explicit occurrence of this full Trinitarian NT title; keep the two registers distinct while noting real continuity.
Father
Approved rendering: الآب
Transliteration: al-Āb
Doctrine: Adoption into God’s Family
Inherited from Romans package, used here only as a boundary marker. Do NOT use this capitalized title at 1 Chronicles 17:13 (‘I will be to him a father’) - see the new term davidic_father_son_formula for the required generic rendering. Reserve الآب exclusively for direct NT Trinitarian address.
Messiah
Approved rendering: المسيح
Transliteration: al-Masīh
Doctrine: Messianic Promise
Inherited from Romans package, used here only as a root-connection marker. David’s anointing (מָשַׁח, ch. 11) and the plural ‘my anointed ones’ (16:22) share this root but are NOT this title itself - see anoint_mashach and anointed_ones_meshichai. Never substitute المسيح itself into those verses.
Righteousness
Approved rendering: البر
Transliteration: al-birr
Doctrine: Salvation
Rejected alternatives: الصلاح, العدل
Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Chronicles 18:14 (‘justice and righteousness’), البر is reused in a non-forensic, governmental-ethical sense (right rule, care for the vulnerable) - see the new term justice_and_righteousness for the required disambiguation from Pauline imputed righteousness.
Son Of God
Approved rendering: ابن الله
Transliteration: Ibn Allāh
Doctrine: Sonship of Christ
Rejected alternatives: الحبيب من الله, الكلمة من الله (بدون ‘ابن’)
Inherited from Romans package, used here only as a boundary marker. Do NOT use this capitalized title at 1 Chronicles 17:13 (‘he shall be to me a son’) - see davidic_father_son_formula. Reserve ابن الله exclusively for direct NT Christological contexts; the typological bridge from 17:13 to Hebrews 1:5 must be taught in notes, not by substituting this title into the OT verse.
House Dynasty
Approved rendering: بيت
Transliteration: bayt
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: בַּיִת
Category: Kingship
NEW TERM. The wordplay-structuring word of ch. 17 (physical house/temple, v.1, vs. dynasty, vv.10,12). ‘بيت داود’ is structurally and phonetically parallel to أهل البيت (Ahl al-Bayt), the Prophet Muhammad’s household - a title of immense weight in Sunni veneration and central to Shia Imamate/succession doctrine. Every occurrence of ‘house of David’ (chs. 17, 22) requires explicit framing as a covenant of promise fulfilled in Christ, never a living lineage of infallible spiritual authorities.
Throne
Approved rendering: عرش
Transliteration: ‘arsh
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Rejected alternatives: مقعد
Original: כִּסֵּא
Category: Kingship
NEW TERM. Highest-collision term in the book. Al-‘Arsh is Allah’s own transcendent heavenly throne in Islamic cosmology (Quran 7:54; 20:5). 1 Chronicles 29:23 explicitly identifies Solomon’s throne WITH the LORD’s own throne (see 17:12,14). Never soften to مقعد (‘seat/chair’); teach the collision directly - it is the text’s own point.
Davidic Father Son Formula
Approved rendering: أب / ابن
Transliteration: ab / ibn
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Rejected alternatives: الآب, ابن الله
Original: אָב…בֵּן
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. Renders 1 Chronicles 17:13 (‘I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son’) - the direct Hebrew source Hebrews 1:5 applies to Christ’s eternal Sonship. Use generic, lowercase أب/ابن here ONLY; using the baseline’s capitalized الآب/ابن الله would wrongly deify Solomon. Also occurs at 22:10, 28:6. Requires a teaching-note cross-reference to the NT fulfillment at every occurrence.
Kingdom Of The Lord
Approved rendering: مملكتي / مملكة الرب
Transliteration: mamlakatī / mamlakat al-Rabb
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Rejected alternatives: ملكوت الله
Original: מַלְכוּתִי (17:14) / מַלְכוּת יְהוָה (concept, 29:23)
Category: Kingship
NEW TERM. The Chronicler’s deliberate shift to ‘MY house…MY kingdom’ (17:14, contrast 2 Samuel 7:16’s ‘your kingdom’), and the explicit statement that Solomon ‘sat on the throne of the LORD’ (29:23) - David’s dynasty folded directly into God’s own kingdom. Direct OT seedbed of the NT’s ملكوت الله doctrine but stated of a literal human throne; do not substitute the NT phrase, and flag the typological bridge explicitly.
Satan
Approved rendering: شيطان
Transliteration: shayṭān
Doctrine: Satan and Divine Sovereignty
Original: שָׂטָן
Category: Spiritual Warfare
NEW TERM. 1 Chronicles 21:1 rewrites 2 Samuel 24:1’s ‘the anger of the LORD incited David’ as ‘Satan stood against Israel and incited David’ - a compatibilist claim. Islamic Shaytan/Iblis is a jinn with a different origin narrative (Quran 7:11-18) and fate. Partial genuine bridge (the Quran also affirms Shaytan tempts only by Allah’s permission) but teach as a real, personal enemy sovereignly overruled by God, not an equivalent jinn-tempter.
Atonement Kipper
Approved rendering: يكفّر / كفّارة
Transliteration: yukaffir / kaffārah
Doctrine: Atonement and Sacrifice
Original: כָּפַר
Category: Spiritual Warfare
NEW TERM. 21:26-27: the plague stops only after David builds an altar and offers burnt/peace offerings. Islamic kaffārah is a defined, replicable fiqh category of legal/ritual expiation (broken oaths, missed fasts). Biblical atonement here is substitutionary and blood-based, establishing the pattern Christ fulfills once-for-all (cf. Romans 3:25, a Critical escalation trigger in the baseline). Never teach as an ongoing legal-compensation system.
High Risk Terms
Israel
Approved rendering: إسرائيل
Transliteration: Isrā’īl
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Original: יִשְׂרָאֵל
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Contemporary political sensitivity around ‘Isra’il’ in spoken Arabic applies with particular force in the genealogical/tribal-territory chapters (1-9) and the covenant-people chapters (11-12, 16-17, 28-29), where it denotes the whole covenant nation, not the modern state.
Prophet
Approved rendering: نبي
Transliteration: nabī
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Original: נָבִיא
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. Applies to Nathan (ch. 17, 21, 29) and the musician-prophets (ch. 25). Pair with fuller context each occurrence so ‘prophet’ is not read through khatam an-nabiyyin (seal of the prophets), especially since Nathan’s oracle is itself later cited of Christ (Hebrews 1:5).
Holy
Approved rendering: مقدس
Transliteration: muqaddas
Doctrine: Sanctification
Rejected alternatives: طاهر
Original: קֹדֶשׁ
Category: Sanctification
Inherited from Romans package; risk elevated to High for this curriculum. 1 Chronicles adds a fearsome, judgment dimension (Uzzah’s death, ch. 13) largely absent from the baseline’s warmer relational Romans 1:7 usage - teach both dimensions together in Levitical-order contexts (chs. 6, 13, 15, 23).
Glory
Approved rendering: المجد
Transliteration: al-majd
Doctrine: Deity of Christ
Rejected alternatives: النور الإلهي
Original: כָּבוֹד
Category: God
Inherited from Romans package. Proclaimed among the nations in David’s psalm (ch. 16). Avoid light-based renderings evoking Sufi illumination mysticism.
Election
Approved rendering: اختيار الله
Transliteration: ikhtiyār Allāh
Doctrine: Effectual Calling
Rejected alternatives: القدر
Original: בָּחַר
Category: Salvation
Inherited from Romans package. God’s choice of Judah, then David, then Solomon over his elder brothers (28:4-6,10) - dynastic legitimacy rests entirely on divine election, not merit or primogeniture. Do not let ikhtiyar collapse into folk qadar fatalism.
Seed Of David
Approved rendering: نسل داود
Transliteration: nasl Dāwūd
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: זֶרַע דָּוִד (concept, root of 17:11’s זַרְעֲךָ)
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Chronicles 17:11 is this term’s Old Testament fountainhead (‘I will raise up your offspring after you’). Teach the trajectory explicitly toward Romans 1:3’s fulfillment in Christ.
Chesed Steadfast Love
Approved rendering: الرحمة الأمينة
Transliteration: al-raḥmah al-amīnah
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness across Generations
Rejected alternatives: الرحمة (bare, unqualified)
Original: חֶסֶד
Category: Divine Attributes
NEW TERM - flagged for theologian sign-off before broad reuse. Van Dyck OT precedent renders chesed simply as رحمة, but bare رحمة functions in Islamic theology as favor responsive to obedience. Proposed qualified compound preserves chesed’s unbreakable covenant-loyalty sense (17:13; also 16:34,41), contrasted explicitly with its withdrawal from Saul.
Redemption Padah Gaal
Approved rendering: الفداء
Transliteration: al-fidā’
Doctrine: God’s Faithfulness across Generations
Rejected alternatives: فدية (bare fiqh ransom term)
Original: פָּדָה / גָּאַל
Category: Salvation
NEW TERM. 17:21: David recalls God’s redemption of Israel from Egypt as grounds for confidence in the new covenant. Islamic fidyah/fidā’ is a legal ransom-payment concept. Teach as God’s own gracious, sovereign initiative, typified in Christ’s substitutionary death - not a payment-for-payment transaction.
Seed Offspring Zera
Approved rendering: نسل
Transliteration: nasl
Doctrine: The Messianic Seed Promise
Original: זֶרַע
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. 17:11: the promised descendant (immediately Solomon) through whom God establishes a kingdom. Direct OT root of the baseline term نسل داود; teach as pointing beyond Solomon toward Christ (Romans 1:3), not exhausted by the immediate historical referent.
Kingdom Mamlakah
Approved rendering: مملكة
Transliteration: mamlakah
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Rejected alternatives: ملكوت الله
Original: מַמְלָכָה / מַלְכוּת
Category: Kingship
NEW TERM. The dynastic-political kingdom transferred by God from Saul to David (10:14) and established for David’s son (17:11). Distinct from ملكوت الله (reserved for the NT sense); flag the typological bridge these chapters build, especially 17:14 and 29:23.
Anointed Ones Meshichai
Approved rendering: ممسوحو الرب
Transliteration: mamsūḥū al-Rabb
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy and Anointing
Rejected alternatives: المسيح
Original: מְשִׁיחָי
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. 16:22: ‘my anointed ones,’ applied plurally to the patriarchs as divinely protected/consecrated persons - shares Messiah’s root but is NOT the singular royal-messianic title. Teach the semantic-range distinction before the term narrows to Christ.
Anoint Mashach
Approved rendering: مسح
Transliteration: masaḥa
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy and Anointing
Original: מָשַׁח
Category: Christology
NEW TERM. 11:3: David anointed king over all Israel. Root of Messiah/Christ (baseline المسيح, Critical). David’s anointing is a real historical enactment of the pattern, not itself its fulfillment - flag the root connection and teach the distinction explicitly.
Justice And Righteousness
Approved rendering: العدل والبر
Transliteration: al-‘adl wa-l-birr
Doctrine: Justice and Righteousness in Governance
Original: מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה
Category: Kingship
NEW TERM. 18:14: ‘David administered justice and righteousness to all his people.’ Reuses the baseline’s Critical البر in a non-forensic, governmental-ethical sense; must be explicitly distinguished from Pauline imputed righteousness for students moving between Romans and 1 Chronicles.
Pattern Tavnit
Approved rendering: مخطط / نموذج
Transliteration: mukhaṭṭaṭ / namūdhaj
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Rejected alternatives: وحي
Original: תַּבְנִית
Category: Temple
NEW TERM. 28:11-19: David gives Solomon the temple’s pattern, received ‘by the Spirit.’ Do not overclaim this as an explicit Trinitarian الروح القدس reference; teach as genuine, Spirit-given revelatory pattern in continuity with, but not identical to, that later doctrine.
Word Of God Devar
Approved rendering: كلمة الله / كلمة الرب
Transliteration: kalimat Allāh / kalimat al-Rabb
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Original: דְּבַר אֱלֹהִים / דְּבַר־יְהוָה
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. 11:3,10; 17:3: the authoritative divine speech-event/fulfillment formula. ‘Kalimat Allah’ is also a Quranic title applied to ‘Isa (3:45). Here it functions as a standard prophetic-revelation formula, not a Christological title - the distinction must be made explicit when taught alongside NT Christology.
As It Is Written
Approved rendering: كما هو مكتوب
Transliteration: kamā huwa maktūb
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Original: כַּכָּתוּב
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. 15:15: David corrects ch. 13’s error by citing the written Law of Moses as authoritative precedent - a king’s own plans submitted to prior revealed Scripture. Useful teaching bridge for the inspiration-of-Scripture doctrine.
Angel Of The Lord
Approved rendering: ملاك الرب
Transliteration: malāk al-Rabb
Doctrine: The Angel of the LORD
Original: מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה
Category: Temple
NEW TERM. 21:12-30: the destroying angel stayed by God’s command at the future temple site. Islamic mala’ika angelology has no exact category for this recurring quasi-theophanic figure. Teach with care; note without dogmatically asserting the long-standing Christian Christophany reading.
Birthright Bekorah
Approved rendering: حق البكورية
Transliteration: ḥaqq al-bukūriyyah
Doctrine: Birthright and Covenant Privilege
Rejected alternatives: الفرائض
Original: בְּכֹרָה
Category: Genealogy
NEW TERM. 5:1-2: Reuben forfeits the birthright; it passes to Joseph’s sons though Judah receives the ruling line. Islamic farāʾiḍ has its own fixed inheritance-share system; teach as covenant/typological privilege fulfilled in Christ as true ‘firstborn’ (Colossians 1:15), not civil inheritance law.
Blessing Barakh
Approved rendering: بارك / بركة
Transliteration: bāraka / barakah
Doctrine: Blessing and Prayer
Original: בָּרַךְ / בְּרָכָה
Category: Divine Attributes
NEW TERM. 4:9-10: Jabez’s prayer, granted exactly as asked. Islamic folk piety treats barakah as a semi-material, transferable spiritual potency (relics, shrines, recitation). Teach as God’s personal, relational favor granted through direct prayer, not a transferable substance or force.
Royal Doxology
Approved rendering: العظمة، الجبروت، البهاء، الغلبة، الجلال
Transliteration: al-‘aẕamah, al-jabarūt, al-bahā’, al-ghalabah, al-jalāl
Doctrine: Royal Doxology and Divine Sovereignty
Original: הַגְּדֻלָּה וְהַגְּבוּרָה וְהַתִּפְאֶרֶת וְהַנֵּצַח וְהַהוֹד
Category: Divine Attributes
NEW TERM. 29:11: ‘Yours, O LORD, is the greatness… yours is the kingdom’ - direct OT source of the Lord’s Prayer’s traditional doxology. الجلال overlaps with the Islamic divine-attribute name Dhū al-Jalāli wa-l-Ikrām - a genuine bridge - but the climax must connect back to 29:23’s Critical throne claim, not remain generic praise vocabulary.
Medium Risk Terms
David
Approved rendering: داود
Transliteration: Dāwūd
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Original: דָּוִד
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. In 1 Chronicles, David is the book’s protagonist (chs. 10-29) and the primary OT source of the covenant-king typology absent from the Quranic Dawud narrative (a prophet-king given the Zabur, but without the dynastic-throne-forever promise). Supply that missing background at every extended narrative unit, especially chs. 11, 17, 28-29.
Covenant
Approved rendering: العهد
Transliteration: al-‘ahd
Doctrine: Davidic Covenant
Rejected alternatives: الميثاق
Original: בְּרִית
Category: Covenant
Inherited from Romans package. 1 Chronicles 16 (Abrahamic covenant recalled) and 17 (Davidic covenant given) are the OT texts establishing this term’s whole redemptive-historical arc into the NT.
Gentiles
Approved rendering: الأمم
Transliteration: al-umam
Doctrine: Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Rejected alternatives: الكفار
Original: עַמִּים / גּוֹיִם
Category: Church
Inherited from Romans package. David’s psalm commands proclaiming God’s deeds ‘among the peoples/nations’ (16:24), an OT missionary impulse. Never الكفار.
Kingdom Of God
Approved rendering: ملكوت الله
Transliteration: malakūt Allāh
Doctrine: Kingdom Mission
Rejected alternatives: مملكة الله
Inherited from Romans package, used here only as a boundary marker. Do NOT substitute this NT phrase for 1 Chronicles 17:14 or 29:23’s OT claim about David’s literal throne - see the new term kingdom_of_the_lord. Flag the typological bridge explicitly in teaching notes rather than equating the two phrases.
Church
Approved rendering: الكنيسة
Transliteration: al-kanīsah
Doctrine: Church as God’s People
Rejected alternatives: الجماعة, الأمة
Inherited from Romans package, used here only as a boundary marker. Never substitute this NT ekklesia term for the OT ‘assembly’ (qahal, ch. 28) or ‘one heart’ tribal unity (ch. 12) - see assembly_qahal and one_heart_lev_echad, both distinct OT national-covenant categories.
Genealogy Lineage
Approved rendering: نسب / سلسلة الأنساب
Transliteration: nasab / silsilat al-ansāb
Doctrine: Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People
Original: תּוֹלְדוֹת / יַחַשׂ
Category: Genealogy
NEW TERM. Chs. 1-9 formal genre marker. نسب is culturally weighty in Arab tribal identity (ʿaṣabiyyah) and Islamic isnad methodology - positive bridge, but must be taught as serving covenant-historical continuity (including through exile, ch. 3’s Zerubbabel), not tribal honor or transmission-chain authentication.
Idiomatic Father Of Place
Approved rendering: أب (استخدام اصطلاحي)
Transliteration: ab (idiomatic)
Doctrine: Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People
Original: אֲבִי
Category: Genealogy
NEW TERM. 2:51’s ‘father of Bethlehem’ - an idiom for clan-founding/association, not literal biological fatherhood. Flag explicitly at every occurrence.
Tribe Shevet
Approved rendering: سِبْط
Transliteration: sibṭ
Doctrine: Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People
Original: שֵׁבֶט
Category: Genealogy
NEW TERM. Judah’s tribe (ch. 2) is highlighted at length as the royal, Messianic tribe. Positive shared vocabulary - the Quran itself uses asbāṭ (2:136).
Levites
Approved rendering: اللاويون
Transliteration: al-Lāwiyyūn
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: לְוִיִּם
Category: Worship
NEW TERM. Chs. 6,9,15,23,26. No exact functional Islamic-clerical parallel (no hereditary priesthood in Islam); the concept needs positive explanation, not assumed background.
Priests Kohanim
Approved rendering: الكهنة
Transliteration: al-kahanah
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: כֹּהֲנִים
Category: Worship
NEW TERM. Chs. 6,15,24. كاهن historically also denoted a pre-Islamic pagan Arabian soothsayer/diviner; established Christian Arabic usage avoids confusion, but a footnote at first occurrence is worthwhile.
Cities Of Refuge
Approved rendering: مدن الملجأ
Transliteration: mudun al-malja’
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: עָרֵי מִקְלָט
Category: Worship
NEW TERM. 6:57,67. A justice-with-mercy provision within the Levitical land inheritance; anticipates the gospel’s refuge-in-Christ theme.
Unfaithfulness Maal
Approved rendering: خيانة
Transliteration: khiyānah
Doctrine: Unfaithfulness and Covenant Consequence
Original: מָעַל
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. 5:25-26 (Transjordan exile); 10:13-14 (Saul’s death). Ensure this is read as covenant betrayal against a sacred trust, not a generic legal crime.
Seek The Lord Darash
Approved rendering: طلب
Transliteration: ṭalab
Doctrine: Seeking the LORD
Original: דָּרַשׁ
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. Recurring verb-motif (~30 occurrences), introduced negatively of Saul (10:14, consulted a medium instead). Ensure the relational, covenant-dependence sense; track for translation consistency across the whole book.
Shepherd Raah
Approved rendering: يرعى
Transliteration: yarʿā
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: רָעָה
Category: Kingship
NEW TERM. 17:6: foundational leadership metaphor applied to David’s kingship. Positive bridge (hadith shepherd-imagery) but must be taught toward its fulfillment in Christ the Good Shepherd (John 10).
Prince Nagid
Approved rendering: أمير
Transliteration: amīr
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Rejected alternatives: ملك
Original: נָגִיד
Category: Kingship
NEW TERM. 17:7; 29:22. Deliberately not melek (‘king,’ self-made kingship). أمير carries strong contemporary Islamic political-title resonance (Gulf emirates); teach explicitly as a divinely-appointed shepherd-ruler, not an autonomous political office.
Lord Of Hosts
Approved rendering: رب الجنود
Transliteration: Rabb al-junūd
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת
Category: God
NEW TERM. 17:7. Compounds baseline’s Critical الرب with a military title; ensure الجنود (‘hosts/armies’) is not misread as a polytheistic divine council but as God’s own sovereign forces.
Name Shem
Approved rendering: اسم عظيم
Transliteration: ism ‘aẕīm
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: שֵׁם
Category: Kingship
NEW TERM. 17:8; 22. Echoes the Abrahamic promise (Genesis 12:2). Positive resonance with الأسماء الحسنى (the greatest Names); retain the OT sense of God-given legacy/reputation, not a divine attribute-name.
Ark Of The Covenant
Approved rendering: تابوت العهد
Transliteration: tābūt al-‘ahd
Doctrine: The Ark of the Covenant and Divine Presence
Original: אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית
Category: Worship
NEW TERM. Chs. 13,15,16,17. Quran 2:248 references a tābūt connected to Saul’s (Talut’s) kingship containing sakīna - a partial positive bridge, but the underlying theology differs substantially and must not be assumed equivalent.
Tent Tabernacle
Approved rendering: خيمة / مسكن
Transliteration: khaymah / maskan
Doctrine: The Ark of the Covenant and Divine Presence
Original: אֹהֶל / מִשְׁכָּן
Category: Worship
NEW TERM. 17:5. Distinguish from بيت (fixed house/dynasty); retain the sense of a divinely-portable, not humanly-fixed, dwelling.
God Is With You
Approved rendering: الله معك
Transliteration: Allāh maʿaka
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: עִמְּךָ הָאֱלֹהִים
Category: Divine Attributes
NEW TERM. 17:2. Nathan’s premature human affirmation before the corrective oracle. Keep the personal-presence sense; do not flatten to a generic blessing formula.
Vision Chizzayon
Approved rendering: رؤيا
Transliteration: ru’yā
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Original: חִזָּיוֹן
Category: Covenant
NEW TERM. 17:15. Confirms the whole oracle as authoritative revelation. Distinguish from Islamic ru’yā ṣāliḥa (prophetic dreams) and waḥy (the Quran’s claimed dictation-mode); here a verbal prophetic oracle delivered in Nathan’s own voice.
Establish Prepare Kun
Approved rendering: أُثَبِّت / أُعِدّ
Transliteration: uthabbit / u’idd
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: כּוּן
Category: Kingship
NEW TERM. Recurring structural verb (17:11-14; 22, 28, 29) linking divine promise and human preparation. Maintain translation consistency for this root across the whole book.
Forever Olam
Approved rendering: إلى الأبد
Transliteration: ilā al-abad
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: עוֹלָם
Category: Kingship
NEW TERM. 17:12,14. Show interpretive care that this ‘forever’ is fulfilled typologically/eschatologically in Christ, not merely historically in the Judean monarchy (which ended 586 BC).
Blood Dam
Approved rendering: دم
Transliteration: dam
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Original: דָּם
Category: Temple
NEW TERM. 22:8: bloodshed cited as the reason David personally may not build the temple. Contributes to Prince-of-Peace typology - the one who builds God’s dwelling must be a man of peace.
Rest Menuchah
Approved rendering: راحة
Transliteration: rāḥah
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Original: מְנוּחָה
Category: Temple
NEW TERM. 22:9: Solomon designated ‘a man of rest’ in contrast to David. A rich type of the greater Prince of Peace; the name Solomon derives from shalom.
Wisdom And Understanding
Approved rendering: حكمة وفهم
Transliteration: ḥikmah wa fahm
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Original: חָכְמָה וּבִינָה
Category: Temple
NEW TERM. 22:12: David’s prayer that Solomon receive discretion and understanding. Positive bridge with Islamic reverence for hikmah (wisdom).
Whole Heart Lev Shalem
Approved rendering: قلب كامل
Transliteration: qalb kāmil
Doctrine: Conditional Obedience within the Unconditional Promise
Original: לֵב שָׁלֵם
Category: Kingship
NEW TERM. 28:9: David charges Solomon to serve God ‘with a whole heart and a willing mind.’ Reintroduces the conditional, relational dimension of covenant faithfulness within the unconditional dynastic promise of ch. 17 - teach this tension carefully.
Assembly Qahal
Approved rendering: جماعة إسرائيل / المحفل
Transliteration: jamā’at Isrā’īl / al-maḥfal
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Rejected alternatives: الكنيسة
Original: קָהָל
Category: Worship
NEW TERM. 28:1-8: the formally gathered community before whom David reaffirms the covenant. Never substitute الكنيسة (reserved for NT ekklesia); also distinguish from the modern political sense of jamā’ah used by some Islamist movements.
One Heart Lev Echad
Approved rendering: قلب واحد
Transliteration: qalb wāḥid
Doctrine: Unity of the Tribes under David
Original: לֵב אֶחָד
Category: Church
NEW TERM. 12:38: all Israel’s tribes come ‘with a whole heart to make David king.’ Positive picture of national covenant unity; avoid implying this is the NT الكنيسة - a related but distinct category.
Holy Anger Wrath
Approved rendering: غضب الرب
Transliteration: ghaḍab al-Rabb
Doctrine: Holiness and the Fear of God
Original: אַף / חָרָה
Category: Worship
NEW TERM. 13:10: divine wrath at Uzzah’s unauthorized handling of the ark. A corrective to any assumption that ritual sincerity alone suffices before God’s holiness.
Minister Serve Sharat
Approved rendering: يخدم
Transliteration: yakhdumu
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: שָׁרַת
Category: Worship
NEW TERM. 15:2ff: Levitical singers/musicians formally appointed ‘to minister’ before the ark. Establishes structured, ordered worship as itself a form of covenant service.
Shame Humiliation Bosh
Approved rendering: عار / إهانة
Transliteration: ‘ār / ihānah
Doctrine: Honor and Shame Dynamics
Original: בּוּשׁ
Category: Cultural
NEW TERM. 19:4-5: public dishonor inflicted on David’s envoys. Invokes strong honor/shame cultural dynamics still very live in Arab contexts; ensure David’s restrained, patient response (19:5) remains the narrative’s point.
Prophesy With Music
Approved rendering: يتنبأ
Transliteration: yatanabba’
Doctrine: Worship through Music and Prophecy
Original: נבא (hitpael: לְהִנָּבֵא)
Category: Worship
NEW TERM. 25:1,3: temple musicians appointed ‘to prophesy’ with instruments. Unusual, theologically rich construction easily flattened into mere musical skill; flag for native-speaker/theologian review at every occurrence.
Freewill Offering Nedavah
Approved rendering: تقدمة اختيارية / تبرع
Transliteration: taqdimah ikhtiyāriyyah / tabarru’
Doctrine: Stewardship and Freewill Giving
Original: נְדָבָה / הִתְנַדֵּב
Category: Temple
NEW TERM. 29:9,14: the people’s joyful, voluntary giving. Positive bridge with Islamic ṣadaqah; surface explicitly that giving flows from God’s prior gift (‘of your own have we given you,’ 29:14), not merit-earning.
Sojourners And Settlers
Approved rendering: غرباء ونزلاء
Transliteration: ghurabā’ wa nuzalā’
Doctrine: Sojourner Humility before God
Original: גֵּרִים וְתוֹשָׁבִים
Category: Cultural
NEW TERM. 29:15: David’s humble confession, ‘we are strangers and sojourners before you.’ A healthy corrective against triumphalist misreadings of the Davidic promise.
Low Risk Terms
Thanksgiving
Approved rendering: الشكر
Transliteration: al-shukr
Doctrine: Thanksgiving
Original: תּוֹדָה / הוֹדָה
Category: Faith
Inherited from Romans package. Central to David’s psalm of thanksgiving (ch. 16) and the people’s giving (ch. 29). Shukr is also a major Islamic virtue; broadly compatible, low risk.
Prophecy
Approved rendering: نبوءة
Transliteration: nubū’ah
Doctrine: Fulfillment of Prophecy
Inherited from Romans package. Nathan’s oracle (17:3-15) is confirmed as ‘this vision’ (17:15) - authoritative revelation, not private counsel. Low independent risk; shares root with nabī.
Heart Generic
Approved rendering: قلب
Transliteration: qalb
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: לֵב
Category: Misc
NEW TERM. 17:2. Standard, safe shared vocabulary in both traditions.
Place Maqom
Approved rendering: مكان
Transliteration: makān
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: מָקוֹם
Category: Misc
NEW TERM. 17:9. Prepares for the future temple site, later revealed as Ornan’s threshing floor (21:18-22:1).
Plant Nata
Approved rendering: أغرس
Transliteration: aghris
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: נָטַע
Category: Misc
NEW TERM. 17:9. Standard metaphor; ensure permanence/security sense retained, not just literal horticulture.
Thus Says The Lord Formula
Approved rendering: هكذا يقول الرب
Transliteration: hākadhā yaqūl al-Rabb
Doctrine: Inspiration of Scripture
Original: כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה
Category: Misc
NEW TERM. 17:4. Established Van Dyck formula introducing the whole covenant oracle.
Judges Shoftim
Approved rendering: القضاة
Transliteration: al-quḍāh
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: שֹׁפְטִים
Category: Misc
NEW TERM. 17:6. Marks the pre-monarchic era referenced in the covenant oracle.
Mighty Men Of Valor
Approved rendering: جبابرة البأس
Transliteration: jabābirat al-ba’s
Doctrine: Genealogy and the Continuity of God’s People
Original: גִּבּוֹרֵי חַיִל
Category: Misc
NEW TERM. Chs. 7,11,12. Corporate vigor as evidence of God’s blessing on the tribes; no independent doctrinal risk.
Gatekeepers Shoarim
Approved rendering: البوابون
Transliteration: al-bawwābūn
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: שֹׁעֲרִים
Category: Worship
NEW TERM. Chs. 9,26. Order and holiness maintained even in access to sacred space.
Baal Perazim
Approved rendering: بعل فراصيم
Transliteration: Ba’l Farāṣīm
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: בַּעַל פְּרָצִים
Category: Misc
NEW TERM. 14:11 place name. Footnote required distinguishing generic بعل (‘master/lord,’ applied here to YHWH) from the historical Canaanite deity Baal.
Tribute Minchah
Approved rendering: جزية / تقدمة
Transliteration: jizyah / taqdimah
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: מִנְחָה
Category: Misc
NEW TERM. 18:2,6. Context-dependent (tribute vs. grain offering); a this-worldly sign of the covenant blessing promised in ch. 17.
Crown Atarah
Approved rendering: تاج
Transliteration: tāj
Doctrine: The Davidic Covenant Reaffirmed
Original: עֲטֶרֶת
Category: Misc
NEW TERM. 20:2. A this-worldly sign of the ‘great name’ promised in 17:8.
Altar Mizbeach
Approved rendering: مذبح
Transliteration: madhbaḥ
Doctrine: Atonement and Sacrifice
Original: מִזְבֵּחַ
Category: Temple
NEW TERM. 21:26; 22. Becomes, in effect, the founding altar of the future temple.
Be Strong And Courageous
Approved rendering: تشدد وتشجع
Transliteration: tashaddad wa tashajja’
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Original: חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ
Category: Kingship
NEW TERM. 22:13. David’s covenant-commissioning formula to Solomon, echoing Joshua 1:6-9.
Divisions Courses Machlekot
Approved rendering: فرق الخدمة
Transliteration: firaq al-khidmah
Doctrine: Worship and the Levitical Order
Original: מַחְלְקוֹת
Category: Worship
NEW TERM. Chs. 23-24. Organized rotational Levitical/priestly service; the courses established here (e.g. ‘Abijah,’ 24:10) are operative in Luke 1:5 - worth flagging for curriculum sequencing.
Treasuries Of House Of God
Approved rendering: خزائن بيت الله
Transliteration: khazā’in bayt Allāh
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Original: אֹצְרוֹת בֵּית הָאֱלֹהִים
Category: Temple
NEW TERM. Ch. 26. Careful, accountable stewardship of resources dedicated to God’s house; directly relevant to ch. 29’s freewill offerings.
Commanders Officials Sarim
Approved rendering: رؤساء / قادة
Transliteration: ru’asā’ / qādah
Doctrine: Preparation for the Temple
Original: שָׂרִים
Category: Kingship
NEW TERM. Ch. 27. A structured, capable kingdom-administration model evidencing David’s thorough preparation for an orderly transition to Solomon.
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